1. Comparative Adjectives
When we compare two things or people we look at what makes them different from each
other.
For example:
The man on
the left is taller
than the man
on the right.
A car is faster than a
bicycle.
Comparative adjectives are used to show what quality one thing has more or less than the
other. They normally come before any other adjectives.
For example:
The red bag is bigger than the blue bag.
Forming the comparative
Form Rule For example
Words of one syllable ending in 'e'. Add -r to the end of the word.
wide - wider
Words of one syllable, with one vowel
and one consonant at the end.
Double the consonant and
add -er to the end of the
word.
big - bigger
Words of one syllable, with more than
one vowel or more than one consonant at
the end.
Add - er to the end of the
word.
high - higher
Words of two syllables, ending in 'y'.
Change 'y' to 'i', and add -er
to the end of the word.
happy - happier
2. Words of two syllables or more, not
ending in 'y'.
Place 'more' before the
adjective.
beautiful - more
beautiful
The following adjectives are exceptions to this rule:
• 'good' becomes 'better'
• 'bad' becomes 'worse'
• 'far' becomes 'farther' or 'further'
!Note - When comparing two things like this we put than between the adjective and the
thing being compared.
For example:
• "Mount Everest is higher than Mount Snowdon."
• "Rome is more beautiful than Paris.
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